Example sentences of "[be] [v-ing] [to-vb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am writing to let you know that an appeal has been made to the Secretary of State in respect of the above site . |
| 2 | As you will be expecting me for a visit on your return tomorrow I am writing to let you know I shall not be attending your sessions again . |
| 3 | I am writing to let you know about the arrangements for returning to you those items from the SRO which were kindly lent to our Robert Adam exhibition , ‘ Monumental Reputation ’ . |
| 4 | Now so what you 're going to do you work together but I would prefer you in twos and threes I think third person 's redundant . |
| 5 | I mean , ee , they do n't explain to you how they 're going to do it do they ? |
| 6 | Then a man who seemed to be in charge said , ‘ We 're going to let you go . |
| 7 | ‘ If you think you 're going to make me treat Sarella in the same sort of way you 're mistaken . |
| 8 | ‘ You 're beginning to make me wonder why I should n't see her , ’ he said blandly . |
| 9 | So if you 're hoping to make me feel guilty or bad you 're wasting your time ! ’ |
| 10 | Well I suppose you see maybe what they 're trying to do I mean as far as I know I mean previously the Inland Revenue or the valuation office part of the Inland Revenue they actually used to run a scheme where |
| 11 | ‘ You 're trying to make me go , are n't you ? ’ |
| 12 | Now you 're trying to make me pay . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're trying to make them think you 've been coming in to see me ? |
| 14 | It 's like tinned food saying no artificial additives cos you do n't need artificial additives in tinned food they 're trying to make you buy it cos |
| 15 | ‘ I suppose you 're planning to make me foam at the mouth and gabble in obsolete tongues . ’ |
| 16 | What had she secretly been yearning to hear him say ? |
| 17 | Well they 've been very direct and they 've been having to make me think a lot about what I 'm doing . |
| 18 | We 've noticed that the numbers of young homeless people who are coming to see us have risen and risen over the last few months and few years . |
| 19 | I mean — um — I 'm phoning to let you know , because I 've finished the plans and I did n't know whether to send them or — ’ |
| 20 | But do n't think I 'm going to let it drop . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to let you go , sir , so you 'll have to stand up or you 'll fall down . ’ |
| 22 | I 'm going to let you go . |
| 23 | I 'm trying to help you survive Finlayson ! ’ |
| 24 | what I 'm trying to help you practise , cos we 're not , we 're very good at asking closed questions in conversations but do n't very often recognize , but you know , we , we we we , we 'll zip backwards and forwards , and that 's okay , but I want you to do consciously is know what type of questions you 're asking because you can sometimes be hitting a brick wall and thinking I 'm getting anywhere here and it 's because you 're asking too many closed questions . |
| 25 | The event had been going through a lean period and had degenerated into a glorified booze-up , but there were some who were interested in keeping it alive and they got together to decide if they were going to let it go or make an effort to put it on its feet again . |
| 26 | We were n't really interested , particularly in Nottingham , it was the general strike but what we were going to do I mean we 'd o er we we 'd er already formed , more or less , a government of our own , if you understand me , to take over , you see ? |
| 27 | But erm what they were going to do I do n't know . |
| 28 | You were trying to help me put the names in place , without finishing it off . |
| 29 | She was willing to give evidence about his Mob links in 1970 ; today , she says he was an enthusiastic bisexual who involved J Edgar Hoover in sexual orgies just as the Kennedys were trying to make him take action against the Mob . |
| 30 | ‘ Hope that you 'll finally understand what I 've been trying to let you know over the past few days without frightening you away by putting it into words . |